Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10 1933 – April 7 1990) was a NASA astronaut and one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon. He also served as a Captain in the United States Navy.Evans was selected as an astronaut by NASA as part of Astronaut Group 5 in 1966 and made his first and only flight into space as command module pilot aboard Apollo 17 in 1972 the last manned mission to the Moon to date with Commander Eugene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt.
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